Chapter 79 Promotion After Compromise
If we were to ask who the Empress Dowager was most worried about, besides herself, it would be Su.
Suma was already in tears.
"Princess, I don't want to leave you."
"Silly child, you are still young, you mustn't do anything foolish. Don't worry, with Qiqige here, no one will bully you." The Empress Dowager wiped away her tears. "Besides, given your relationship with the Emperor, he wouldn't let you suffer any injustice."
When Xuan Ye was young, Su Ma practically raised him. Given their bond, the Emperor wouldn't let Su Ma suffer a miserable old age.
"No, Princess, I don't want to leave you, I don't want to!" Su Ma cried out more and more bitterly as she spoke.
Even if she cried until she went blind, the Empress Dowager's life was destined to end soon.
Did Emperor Kangxi not know?
No, he knows.
Even if the imperial physician was the Empress Dowager's man, he was still the emperor, and no one dared to hide anything he wanted to know, unless that person was suicidal and didn't care about the lives of their family.
It was precisely because he knew this that he agreed to let Borjigit Menghe enter the palace.
What he didn't expect was that his grandmother would be so magnanimous as to want to send all those people living in the West Third Hall to his harem.
He would not agree to it. Even for the sake of his grandmother, he would not allow so many Mongolian concubines to appear in his harem.
If they harbor any ill intentions, his harem will never be safe again.
We've gone off on a tangent.
After Su Ma helped the Empress Dowager to bed, she began to fulfill the Empress Dowager's requests and send the Empress home.
Fanghua had no idea that someone wanted to kill her.
After being taken back to Kunning Palace by Emperor Kangxi, she was comforted by him. Fanghua felt helpless, as if she was the one comforting him, not the other way around.
What a shameless guy.
The Empress Dowager's attempt to make things difficult for the Empress was ultimately thwarted by Emperor Kangxi.
Meanwhile, Emperor Kangxi's decree entered the inner palace, which was to confer the title of Consort on Borjigit Menghe and have her move into the main hall of Shou'an Palace.
Borjigit Gao Yun was appointed as a Noble Lady and moved into the East Hall of Shou'an Palace.
Neither of them received a title, which may have been Kangxi's last act of defiance against the Empress Dowager.
Because the two were young, Emperor Kangxi did not visit their palaces on the day of their investiture.
However, upon arriving at Kunning Palace, Fanghua felt utterly helpless, fearing that the Empress Dowager would hate her to death.
However, when people arrived, she didn't push them away like she usually did.
Kangxi naturally noticed her changes and was very pleased.
"What has Fang'er been doing all day?" The longer they spent together, the deeper the affection between Kangxi and the Empress became, and he always liked to ask her what she had been doing each day.
Fanghua didn't give him a perfunctory answer; she answered him seriously and even asked him about things she couldn't handle, which made Kangxi feel very accomplished.
Does Fanghua really not understand these things?
No, she understands.
But men love to be teachers, so she was willing to satisfy his masculine feelings in some small ways.
"I didn't do anything. It's just His Majesty's joyous occasion. What could I possibly do? I was just waiting to offer my congratulations." Her tone was tinged with bitterness, and Fanghua's usually gentle face now showed a hint of anger.
Seeing her like this, Kangxi laughed instead of getting angry. "Haha, is Fang'er angry?" He came to the Empress and hugged her. "Don't be angry. I've come to keep Fang'er company."
Seeing his shamelessness, Fanghua laughed in anger, "Yes, Your Majesty dotes on me the most."
That bastard! If the Empress Dowager weren't truly bedridden right now, she would have been tortured by that old bastard in no time.
"That's right, if I don't care about you, who else should I care about?" After saying that, Kangxi whispered in her ear, "Fang'er, how do you plan to reward me?"
I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as him.
"Does Your Majesty need a reward from me? The whole world belongs to Your Majesty, and I have nothing of value to offer," she said, feigning ignorance.
"Fang'er is my greatest reward." He said in a rather ambiguous tone.
"Shameless."
Compared to the warm and ambiguous words from the Kunning Palace, the two in the Shou'an Palace were not in such a good mood.
However, seeing Aunt Su Ma, who was by the Empress Dowager's side, come over to comfort them made them feel relieved.
From the moment they entered the palace, they knew what their responsibilities were. With Consort Hui covering for them, they thought they would be able to return soon.
But no one expected that she would pass away in less than a year.
Now they have no choice but to stay, whether they want to or not.
After seeing off Aunt Su, the two sisters sat in the main hall, speechless for a moment.
After a long while, Meng He, who was older, spoke first to Gao Yun, saying, "Sister."
Gao Yun's eyes were already red. Ever since she learned that she couldn't go home, she had been holding onto a last hope that she was too young and that maybe she wouldn't be the one chosen.
But the final result was something she couldn't accept.
She harbored resentment, resenting that her parents couldn't bring her back to Mongolia like Zhuzhuge had. If they had just asked, given the Emperor's aversion to Mongolian princesses becoming concubines, he would have certainly agreed.
But her parents not only didn't take her away, they also told her to listen to the Empress Dowager and have children in the palace so that she could help her brothers.
She was the one who was abandoned, she was the one who was forsaken.
"Sister, I... I didn't want to." Gao Yun finally couldn't help but cry.
Fortunately, the servants inside were all their trusted confidants, so even if they said some inappropriate things, no one would spread the word.
"Sister, I want to go home, I want to go back to the grasslands."
Compared to Gao Yun's crying, Meng He was a little calmer. She got up and went to Gao Yun's side, gently patting her back, "Don't cry, this is our fate."
"Fortunately, we're still young and can wait. Maybe if we wait a little longer, the Emperor will change his opinion of us." Although the chances are slim, they can still hope for the best.
"Sister, I don't want to end up like Gerile. I'm scared."
Gao Yun was genuinely frightened; otherwise, she wouldn't have considered leaving.
For a moment, Meng He didn't know how to comfort her. She opened her mouth, but swallowed the words that were about to come out, because she was also afraid.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. We sisters are of one mind, and we will definitely find a way out."
No matter how anxious or fearful Shou'an Palace was, life had to go on, and time still passed day by day.
Since neither of them had served the emperor, Fanghua exempted them from paying their respects. Their residence, Shou'an Palace, was very close to Cining Palace. When they had nothing to do, they would go to Cining Palace to keep the Empress Dowager company or to visit their sister Baoyin, who also lived in the palace.
Baoyin is small, but she has a big heart. She has gained a lot of weight during her time in the Qing Dynasty.
Even the Empress Dowager had to praise him, saying he was a blessed person.
But there were no other instructions, so they just let them keep it like that.
When the Empress Dowager appointed the person this time, she bypassed Bao Yin directly. I have to say, sometimes fools have all the luck.
However, they could no longer leave the Qing Dynasty, but they did not intend to leave Baoyin behind.
When they come to visit her, they always tell her to keep in touch with her family more often.
They dared not say anything more, because in other people's eyes, being able to enter the harem was a blessing.
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